The "global" output format is not supported in the "browser" target

[lukejagodzinski]

🐛 bug report

I guess it's related to 2.0.0 release but I've just tried to deploy the same app without changing anything today and it stopped working with the error: @parcel/core: The "global" output format is not supported in the "browser" target.. This format was supported and should be supported for the browser target.

🎛 Configuration (.babelrc, package.json, cli command)

{
  "browser": "./dist/bootstrap.js",
  "targets": {
    "browser": {
      "distDir": "dist",
      "engines": {
        "browsers": "> 0.2%, not dead"
      },
      "includeNodeModules": true,
      "isLibrary": false,
      "outputFormat": "global"
    }
  }
}

🌍 Your Environment

Software	Version(s)
Parcel	2.0.0
Node	12.22.1
npm/Yarn	Yarn 1.22.10
Operating System	MacOS 11.6

[mischnic]

Please choose a different name than "browser". That one is meant for libraries: https://parceljs.org/features/targets/#library-targets

[lukejagodzinski]

I've done more tests and it looks like the solution could be changing config to something like this:

{
  "targets": {
    "bootstrap": {
      "engines": {
        "browsers": "> 0.2%, not dead"
      },
      "includeNodeModules": true,
      "outputFormat": "global"
    }
  }
}

But then I can't control the name of the output file... It's always index.js file. Sometimes I love Parcel and sometimes I hate it. I didn't change anything and now our entire project doesn't build...

[mischnic]

Do this:

{
  "bootstrap": "my-dist/output.js"
  "targets": {
    "bootstrap": {
      "engines": {
        "browsers": "> 0.2%, not dead"
      },
      "includeNodeModules": true,
      "outputFormat": "global"
    }
  }
}

[lukejagodzinski]

It looks like I can still control the name with this:

{
  "bootstrap": "dist/bootstrap.js",
  "targets": {
    "bootstrap": {
      "engines": {
        "browsers": "> 0.2%, not dead"
      },
      "includeNodeModules": true,
      "outputFormat": "global"
    },
    "controller": {}
  }
}

Would be great if docs mention it at all